Don't forget Nutty with the Cheese Butt. She was a fresh breeze of good-humored rationality when she came in with that proposal. And I remember moonlit making a strong debut in Bureaucracy -- at least that's where I first remember being impressed by her.
All right, no one's killing folk today, on account of our very tight schedule.
Mal ,'Trash'
Bureaucracy 2: Like Sartre, Only Longer
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
Noumenon - Apr 17, 2003 12:48:54 am PDT #565 of 10005
No other candidate is asking the hard questions, like "Did geophysicists assassinate Jim Henson?" or "Why is there hydrogen in America's water supply?" --defective yeti
Daisy Jane - Apr 17, 2003 2:08:42 am PDT #566 of 10005
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
And Julie venturing out of UnAmerican. Also for her post in there which I personally wish I had been able to articulate, and were I able to go back in time would have reposted in here because I think it hit on how a lot of us were feeling.
Julie - Apr 17, 2003 3:05:40 am PDT #567 of 10005
Heather has to stop saying nice things about that post or I'll feel like I've planted my flag in the peak of BuffistaMountain and it's all downhill here from here :)
Now that everyone's been in and asked, I don't know what good posting in Press would do.
The feeling at different times is that many people, especially when pressed for time, will hit Press and Announcements first before they venture into their thread of choice. (I know that's true for me.) And whilst it feels like it all happened forever ago, I bet there are still people who've managed to miss all the excitement.
I also think that Press might give us a nice flat statement that can be linkyed when anyone else does ask. So that the explanation remains consistent. And without individual interpretation. And (fingers crossed that it's not needed) a precedent for next time round would be helpful.
except that I think ALL my social capital was spent on the voting issue.
Sophia, not to make you feel uncomfortable, but I've been reading you for years. And I think you always conduct yourself in the most admirable way, be it Bureaucracy or otherwheres.
You're a Buffista social capital cash cow!
Cindy - Apr 17, 2003 5:07:22 am PDT #568 of 10005
Nobody
And I have nothing more to say, except that I think ALL my social capital was spent on the voting issue.
Sophia - you're probably the only one who didn't use up a drop of social capital during the voting stuff. Really.
Jim - Apr 17, 2003 5:55:17 am PDT #569 of 10005
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
Even I've noticed your sWoHcUiFaFlIcEa!p!i!t!a!l rising through the voteathon, Sophia.
Cindy - Apr 17, 2003 6:52:06 am PDT #570 of 10005
Nobody
DCJensen - Apr 17, 2003 7:24:14 am PDT #571 of 10005
All is well that ends in pizza.
Is this the place we propose new thread titles or the other one?
I can never remember.
Angel is almost done.
How about
Angel III: Big Damn Evil
Nutty - Apr 17, 2003 7:30:35 am PDT #572 of 10005
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I was going to say, but many have beaten me to it, that social capital can be lost in Bureaucracy, but it can certainly also be gained. Anyone who jumpstarts a stalled conversation, or makes the formal proposal of something we've all been thinking about, has done a service and gains regard thereby.
We manage a lot by social conformity -- by failing to disagree strenuously due to its not being worth the hassle. I tend to think it would be impossible to codify that entirely into a constitutional document, not without sucking the life out of it all. Which isn't to say I'm not still working on that Buffista Law Summary, because even we forget what rules we've passed, and have to fumble around vaguely, and it would be nice to have a cheatsheet to go back to.
I'll hopefully finish it over the weekend.
Beverly - Apr 17, 2003 8:02:18 am PDT #573 of 10005
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Seconding Big Damn Evil. Er, not--seconding seconding, just saying, yeah, it's a good title, let's go with that. Unless we're voting, and can't vote before it's seconded, several times, in fact. In which case, I'm the first second. Which, not the First Evil, not even big damn evil, but you know.
Yeah. Like the title. Go with that.
Jim - Apr 17, 2003 8:03:12 am PDT #574 of 10005
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
Oh! I've just got the Big Damn Evil joke!
Carry on.